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B. G. WEST. METALLIC VESSEL SEAM.

No. 469,761. Patented Mar 1, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormca ELBRIDGE o. WEST, OF CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TO ALASCO o. ROBISON, OF SAME PLACE.

METALLIC-VESSEL SEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No.469,761, dated March 1, 1892.

Application filed August 30, 1890. Serial No. 363,470. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELBRIDGE G. WEST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canandaigua, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Metallic-Vessel Seam,0f which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic packing and storing vessels, and more especially to the seams therein; and the obj ect of the same is to close the seams of metallic vessels, and especially tin vessels, by strips of zinc or other non-corrosive metal, in order to prevent the access of liquid to the sheet-iron forming the body of the tin where its edges are exposed in the seams.

To this end the invention consists of the specific details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a tin pail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section through the chine of the pail.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter P designates a pail composed of ordinary tin-- 2'. e., sheet-iron plated with tin on both faces and this pail may have an ordinary handle H and may be of any desired construction. Heretofore much difficulty has been experienced in metallic vessels of this character, owing to the fact that where the seams between the sheets of tin occurred there was more or less exposure of the edges of the sheet-iron to liquids which were placed Within the vessel, resulting in the rapid rusting of such edges of the sheet-iron, which was soon communicated to the tin-plating, and not only were the liquids thereby rendered foul, but the vessel itself was soon caused to leak at the seams. Onevery common method of overcoming this objection was by adding solder to the seams where the two edges of metal liable to be melted when the vessel is placed on a stove and the liquid therein is boiled out. In order to overcome these several objections, various means have been employed and various forms of seams have been used in vessels of this character. In the present case I prevent the access of liquid to the edge of the sheet-iron by means of strips of zinc applied to the seams in the manner described below.

The seams in the sides of the pail P, as illustrated in the drawings, or, in fact, seams between the edgesof any two pieces of tin standing approximately in the same plane, are each covered by a strip of zinc Z. The seam is pressed, pounded, or rolled to press the parts tightly together, and solder may or may not be used under the strip of zinc Z, as preferred. The seams in the chines of pails such as is illustrated in the drawings, or, in fact, seams between the edges of any two pieces of tin standing in planes approximately at right angles to each other, are best seen in Fig. 2. The edge of one sheet of tin (in the present case the body of the pail) is turned up on the inner face of the sheet forming the chine C, and the bottom M of the pail is a simple disk of tin of a size to fit within the body just above the upper extremity of the turned-up edge 0. A strip of zinc L of L-shaped cross-section is also used in this class to close the seam. The body of this strip is soldered upon the upper face of the bottom M, around its edge, and

the depending flange of the strip is seated be- I bind the upturned edge 0, this edge being pressed, pounded, or rolled to press the parts tightly together and form a stiff and durable chine, and solder may or may notrbe used therein, as preferredT Itw'ill be seen that a pail whose side and chine seams are thus formed presents no opportunity for the liquid to gain accessto the raw edges of sheet-iron forming the body of the tin, and hence n rusting thereof is possible. a

I have described zinc as the material of 5 which the binding-strips are composed; but I desire to be understood as including in that term other non-corrosive metals having sufiicient stiffness to prevent their straightening out in the rough usage of the vessel. I prefer,

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however, to use zinc oran alloy of which zinc dered to the lowerfside oi the body of said strip, 10 is a prominentele'ment for these strips: snbstantially as liereinbefore set forth.

That is claimed as new is In testimony that I claim the foregoing as In a sheet-metal vessel, the chine C, consistmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in 5 ing of the body, whose lower edge is turned presence of two witnesses.

back on the inside of the vesseh-a separate ELBRIDGE G. WEST. strip ofnon-corrosive mettl ofL-shaped ci'o'ss- Witnesses: section, whose depending flangeis seatedb'e- J. H; BLODGETT,

hind said turned-back edge, and a bottom sol- CHARLES M. CLARK. 

